Grammar

April 7, 2026 @ 3:22 pm · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics

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Today's xkcd:

Mouseover title: "Communication is one of the most popular ways to transmit information, ahead of rivals such as"

The explanation and discussion on explainxkcd.

April 7, 2026 @ 3:22 pm · Filed by under Linguistics in the comics


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  1. JPL said,

    April 7, 2026 @ 5:26 pm

    Maybe they wanted to refer to "non-configurational" languages. Does 'grammar' refer only to the morphosyntax, or does it include the structure of the proposition (which may differ from one language to another)?

  2. Nelson Goering said,

    April 8, 2026 @ 1:50 am

    JPL, if it wasn't clear from the comic already, the mouseover tells us that the joke is that there isn't any other option.

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